Al Kuwait - IS THIS INDUSTRY-ACCEPTED NORM?

Times Live in South Africa has reported that the situation on the Al Kuwait in Cape Town was "trespassing beyond the bounds of civilised behaviour". However, the article suggested that "despite the uproar, the Al Kuwait may just be a normal cattle export ship, doing normal cattle export business".
 The MV Al Kuwait is supposed to be the best purpose built live ex vessel in the world. The shipping company Al Mawashi (KLTT and RETWA both under this umbrella) denies any wrongdoing and states that the animals euthanased by NSPCA were already on treatment in hospital pens. Their representative Mr Hussam Sarhan reportedly stated that the footage did not amount to proof of animal abuse and doubted that they were suffering.
And there is the concern. Al Mawashi and its various subsidiaries and colleagues keep insisting that animal welfare in AUSTRALIAN live export animals is A1 (just look at the Livestock Collective's claims for example). Yet when we see inside a voyage that DOESNT have an ABC reporter on it, we see abhorrent conditions. Is this normal on any cattle ship as the Al Mawashi representative seems to imply? If so, is this what an Australian cattle ship looks like once it is a few days out to sea waiting for a washout or if conditions/location dont permit a washout?  Or was this a unique consignment with very poor animal welfare coming out of Brazil?
Regardless, the public wont be agreeing with the industry about their assessment any time soon. And nor should they - the conditions were not even consistent with the basic Five Freedoms animal welfare principles (let alone the Five Domains).